June 12, 2023 5:28 pm
Published by Michelle Freeman
On June 12, 2023, Senator Tom Umberg (D-Orange County), and the California State Senate, announced that the Orangewood Foundation, and Chief Executive Officer Chris Simonsen, have been honored as the 34th Senate District 2023 Nonprofit of the Year.
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June 6, 2023 8:33 am
Published by Michelle Freeman
The creation of three new multidisciplinary research institutes in The Henry Samueli School of Engineering is being made possible by a $50 million gift from Susan and Henry Samueli to the University of California, Irvine.
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May 19, 2023 3:57 pm
Published by Michelle Freeman
Henry and Susan Samueli donated $25 million to Israel’s Beilinson Medical Center, which was matched with an additional $9 million from Clalit Health Services, to create a holistic cancer treatment institute, which is meant to both treat patients and perform research, the incoming chairman of the institute told eJewishPhilanthropy.
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October 13, 2022 8:59 am
Published by Michelle Freeman
UC Irvine officials Thursday opened the newest location for the university’s Susan Samueli Integrative Health Institute, which they say will expand the institute’s clinical, teaching and research efforts to advance care.
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September 1, 2022 9:13 am
Published by Michelle Freeman
The Trans Justice Funding Project (TJFP) is pleased to announce that in their tenth year of grantmaking, TJFP’s 2022 grantmaking fellows awarded $1.25 MILLION dollars in grants to 204 trans-led grassroots groups, projects, and organizations doing amazing, creative, and groundbreaking trans justice work across the US and US territories. Including the groups that received a ReUp for this year, that’s $1.9 million dollars going out to 355 groups. Find out more through their 2022 grantee directory page, and see the full list here.
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June 29, 2022 2:18 pm
Published by Michelle Freeman
Last week we witnessed the removal of a constitutional right for millions with the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down the 50-year precedent established by Roe vs. Wade. This is the first time in American history that a constitutional right, relied upon by millions of Americans, has been rescinded.
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November 2, 2021 2:45 pm
Published by Michelle Freeman
Akilan Sankaran, 14, is on his school’s varsity track team and plays the piano, the flute and drums — and yet somehow he still found time to devise a computer program that could speed up some of your favorite apps.
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September 8, 2021 12:07 pm
Published by Michelle Freeman
The Samueli Foundation is pleased to announce that Erin Samueli has joined the Samueli Foundation as Director of Social Justice Philanthropy effective on September 8, 2021.
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April 1, 2021 8:07 am
Published by Michelle Freeman
Highly respected robotics and control systems researcher Magnus Egerstedt will become the new dean of The Henry Samueli School of Engineering at the University of California, Irvine, following a nationwide search.
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